Third parties

details of gifts received for political expenditure of more than the disclosure threshold wholly or partly used to incur the political expenditure disclosed in the return; and

a signed statement of compliance with foreign donations restrictions.

Donors

Annual returns for organisation and individual donors to political parties and political campaigners for each financial year must disclose details of donations:

including gifts-in-kind, made to registered political parties or political campaigners totalling more than the disclosure threshold; and

of more than the disclosure threshold received and used (wholly or partly) to make the donations disclosed in the return.

Election disclosure

Election returns

Candidates, unendorsed Senate groups and Senate groups endorsed by more than one registered political party must disclose donations and electoral expenditure incurred. Returns to the AEC must show:

the total value of donations received;

the total number of donors;

all individual donations received above the disclosure threshold (personal gifts such as Christmas and birthday presents need not be disclosed);

the details of donations including:

the date on which each donation was received;

the amount or value of each donation;

the name and address of the donor;

electoral expenditure (mainly advertising, printing and direct mail costs) incurred between the issue of the writ and polling day.

People or organisations making donations to candidates in excess of the disclosure threshold must also lodge a donor return.

Public inspection

Election disclosure returns are made available for public inspection 24 weeks after polling day on this website. Annual disclosure returns are similarly made available for public inspection from the first working day in February.